HyperDic: dawn_redwood

English > 1 sense of the expression dawn redwood:
NOUNplantdawn redwood, metasequoia, Metasequoia glyptostrodoideslarge fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones
English > dawn redwood: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China.
Synonymsmetasequoia, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides
Member ofgenus Metasequoiagenus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms
Broaderconifer, coniferous treeAny gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
Spanishmetasequoia
Catalanmetasequoia

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